Staff SiC Device & Process Engineer
$160,000 - $225,000 USD yearly
This role focuses on enabling wide bandgap semiconductor technology to realize the Vishay-Max SiC proprietary power device product portfolio.
About the role
What you'll do
- Develop advanced SiC Power JFET and its fabrication process, including design and simulation.
- Develop advanced high voltage SiC Power MOSFET and its fabrication process, including design and simulation.
- Develop PCM/TEG structures for monitoring and evaluation of device design and fabrication process.
- Perform electrical characterisation on SiC power semiconductor devices and related PCM/TEG structures at the wafer-level.
- Define and develop specifications of unit processes and coordinate their development with the fab process team.
- Devise process experiments for manufacturing process window optimization and improving production yield.
- Verify device reliability qualification and improve reliability.
What you'll need
- Comprehensive background in power semiconductor materials, semiconductor device physics, and/or fabrication process with direct experiences.
- Minimum 5 years direct and hands-on experience in power semiconductor technology development.
- Direct experience in leading development projects throughout fabrication process integration, device simulation, and characterization.
- Rich experiences in TCAD simulation for power semiconductor devices, especially WBG semiconductor.
- Knowledge of software tools for characteristic analysis of process (e.g., MATLAB, MathCAD).
- Knowledge in semiconductor material for application in power semiconductor devices is desirable.
Skills: SiC Power JFET, SiC Power MOSFET, TCAD simulation, wide bandgap, fabrication process
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This role has been open 37 days — exactly the 37-day median for Compound Semiconductor Engineering roles.
Compound Semiconductor Engineering · Compound Semiconductor
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Open roles in category
79
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Median days open
37 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$127k
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| Metric | Vishay Intertechnology | All employers we track in this specialty (79 roles · 25 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 79 |
| Median days open | 37 d | 37 d (same as this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $127k |
Skills observed across this category: SiC Power JFET, SiC Power MOSFET, TCAD simulation, wide bandgap, fabrication process
Who's hiring in this category
- Infineon Technologies · 10 open roles · median 31 d
- MACOM · 10 open roles · median 11 d
- Lumentum · 8 open roles · median 118 d
- Coherent Corp · 7 open roles · median 137 d
- Texas Instruments · 5 open roles · median 57 d
- Nexperia · 4 open roles · median 138 d
How we counted: 79 open Compound Semiconductor Engineering (Compound Semiconductor) roles from 25 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 8 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.